NewsWrap for the week ending April 22, 2013

SUMMARY

Pokarekare Ana - New Zealand becomes the first country in the Asia Pacific region, and the thirteenth in the world, to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Paris in the Stresstime - France's road to expected marital equality is a bumpy one …

More Than Luck - a convention in Ireland proposes a constitutional marriage equality amendment …

Stuck in the Mud - U.S. Republican Party doubles down on its opposition to civil marriage for same-gender couples …

Short on Honor - the Boy Scouts of America offers a half-measure change to its ban on openly gay members …

Students Struck - two of the leading Catholic schools in Ghana expel a total of 53 students for "practicing homosexuality" and trying "to convince more students to practice the act," or "the detestable act of lesbianism" …

Colors Won't Fade - the removal of Sydney's cherished Oxford Street rainbow crossing sparks a "chalk revolt" across Australia and in at least one other seemingly unlikely corner of the world ….

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